Is There A Form Of Prayer Or An Act Of Worship Specific To The Holy Nights? How Should We Spend Time At Such Holy Nights?

Is there a form of prayer or an act of worship specific to the holy nights? How should we spend time at such holy nights?

The Prophet (saw) advised to benefit from some sacred days and nights by spending them well (Tirmidhi, Sawm, 39). However, he did not mention a form of prayer or worship specific to these blessed days and nights. In this context, we need to consider sacred days and nights as an opportunity to be forgiven and to put our lives in order. Therefore, Muslims should benefit from these opportunities by contemplating upon the course of events in their lives, repenting of their mistakes and sins, making dua, reciting and trying to understand the Qur’an, and establishing qada and nafl prayers.

It is mustahab to observe fast in the daytime of holy nights, that is to say, on the days following that nights. Because the Prophet Muhammad (saw) said, “Spend the fifteenth day of the month of Shaban by observing a fast and its night in prayer. Because, when the sun sets at that night, Allah Ta’ala manifests Himself at the nearest heaven in a state which we cannot know of, and until the time of dawn He says, ‘Is there nobody asking for forgiveness? Forgive I shall! Is there nobody asking for sustenance? Sustenance I shall give him! Is there nobody suffering a calamity? Felicity I shall give him!” (Ibn Majah, Iqamat al-Salat, 191).

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWAS